After 5294 QSOs sent 1418 confirmed QSLs, I finally got my DXCC-CW, all done in a gentle way that began in 2009 when I decided to learn CW and it uses the HF bands, in the beginning I barely copied 8 wpm, now I'm comfortable at 20 wpm, that's it, tks for the tips, best 73 NathanPS7HD

. . . An easy way to get more than 50 countries confirmed in a single weekend, is a DX contest (e.g. CQ WPX... coming up May 26.). 3 QSO's a day is decent outside a contest, but in a DX contest you'll be able to do 300 in a day, no problem.

LOTW confirmation rates in contests is higher than in general QSO'ing. Still not 100%, but close to 50% for CW contests.

My experience also. Active contesters use LoTW heavily. With a computer-based logging program (e.g. N1MM Logger), you can have your log uploaded minutes after the end of a contest.

Hello,I'm new to CW (3 yrs), but I practice a lot and get my QSOs have around 20 wpm, have an average of three QSOs per day, after much struggle I made my record in LoTW, something hard to do now after 600 LOGs sent, have 17 DXCC entities confirmed. Anyone of you have attained a degree using only LoTW DXCC?, What should I do? I'm on the road?Thanks for your attention, 73.

Att, Nathan, PS7HD

Nathan:

Good to see you on eHam as well as our contacts in WES. I am CW only and it has been two years since I got back into the hobby. I use Lotw, eqsl and direct qsls. As of today, i have 58 CW DX confirmations on lotw and see no reason why I should not have cw only dxcc on lotw only in the next 18 months.

It is interesting to note that my confirmation rate on lotw is 40% vs 25% for eqsl

Which State do you need Steve. Took me about 650 US CW confirmations to get WAS via LOTW (have yet to apply for it yet).

Don KF7DS

Louisiana. I've QSOed about two or three who are on LotW and have at least one paper QSL, but so far no LotW.

If you're using DXLab, uploading to LotW is a matter of a few clicks. I tend to upload every few days or immediately after getting someone I especially want to verify. So I don't understand why some hams wait months or years, or just never do it.

Worked a nice fellow the other day and asked him to QSL via LotW. He sent me a paper card instead. Go figure.

I have CW DXCC and just completed CW WAS. But here's the dirty secret - I barely know CW. I can just fumble through a 10 wpm QSO, though am improving all the time. I got this far via contests and working DXpeditions using a code reader and/or listening A LOT. It's easy to send your call sign and a contest exchange or 5NN TU at 25 wpm with some practice (or a keyer), and I can pick out my callsign in QRM at 50 wpm.

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